Micky wrote :
I found a small, gasoline-power scooter in the woods near my house I
called the police, and a car came prettyi quickly, and because it
doesn't have a VIN, the patroleman wasn't interested. i said, "Well,
even if doesn't have a VIN, I would think the owners want it back."
But he said if I didn't want it, they'd take it to a yard where it
woudl sit for months and if it didn't run, they'd junk it.

It doesn't run.

Micky,
You left out the most important bit of information.....who is the
manufacturer of that scooter?